Mashpee inks deal with New Bedford hauler

A New Bedford company vying for municipal trash contracts on Cape Cod has scored a win in Mashpee.

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Posted Sep. 25, 2013 at 2:00 AM

Posted Sep. 25, 2013 at 2:00 AM

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MASHPEE — A New Bedford company vying for municipal trash contracts on Cape Cod has scored a win in Mashpee.

The selectmen voted unanimously Monday to sign a 10-year deal with New Bedford Waste Services and its partner, ABC Disposal Services Inc., to haul the town's trash to a facility the companies plan to build in Rochester, according to company and town officials.

The companies already have signed a deal with Wellfleet for the same terms of $60 per ton with a 2.5 percent annual increase.

Mashpee and most other Cape towns currently pay about $37.50 a ton to Covanta Energy, which operates the SEMASS waste-to-energy facility, also located in Rochester.

Those contracts are set to expire at the end of 2014. Mashpee's new contract with New Bedford Waste Services begins Jan. 1, 2015.

Brewster and Sandwich have signed up to continue with SEMASS for $65 a ton plus a 2.5 percent annual increase, and Yarmouth plans to finalize a deal with Covanta by October that includes transportation costs and handing over operations of the town's transfer station.

Covanta has signed a memorandum of agreement with three additional Cape towns. New Bedford Waste Services officials say they are in talks with several towns.

Falmouth has agreed to deliver its trash to Bourne's landfill for $58 per ton.